New study finds that eating more fruit could help keep your lungs healthier in polluted cities.
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While more than 90 percent of the world’s population breathes polluted air, new research offers an unexpected shield: eating fruit. A large study found that women who ate four or more servings of fruit daily showed markedly better lung function in polluted environments, though the same benefit didn’t appear in men.
Researchers said the reduced benefits seen in men may be due to men eating less fruit than women.
George Citroner reports on health and medicine, covering topics that include cancer, infectious diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions. He was awarded the Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence (MORE) award in 2020 for a story on osteoporosis risk in men.
